F-86H

	North American F-86H Sabre
	Fighter (Cold War, Korea)
	HEIGHT-15'   LENGTH-38' 8"   WINGSPAN-39' 1"   MAX WEIGHT-21,852 LBS   PAYLOAD-2,000 LBS ARMAMENT-4 EA 20MM GUNS IN THE NOSE  MAX SPEED-692 MPH   CREW SIZE-1 ENGINE-ONE GE J73-GE-3E @ 8,920 LBS THRUST
	The F-86 was the first swept-wing fighter used by the USAF. It set a world speed record of 670.9 M.P.H. in 1948 and exceeded that in 1953 when an F-86D flew 715 M.P.H. Four models of the aircraft A, E, F and H, were day fighters or fighter-bombers, while the D, K and L versions were all-weather interceptors. There were 5,500 day-fighters built and 2,500 interceptors built. The F-86A was armed with six .50 caliber machine guns and met the Russian-built MIG-15 in Korea in 1950. With the F-86A, E and F, USAF pilots shot down 792 MIG's by the end of hostilities, with a loss of 78 Sabres; a victory ratio of 10:1. The Korean War ended in 1953 three months after the prototype F-86H model took to the air. The "H" model was a daytime, fighter-bomber. Equipped with 4 x 20mm guns and capable of delivering 2,000 LBS. of bombs, the "H" model packed a strong punch. By 1960 all F-86's were assigned to the Air National Guard and by 1965 all had been retired from service. This aircraft was delivered to the Air Force on 8 April 1955. It served at George AFB, Clovis AFB, and Seymour Johnson AFB. In the Air National Guard with Logan AP. Boston, with deployments to France, and finally at Glen L. Martin AP until it retired in June 1970. It came to the museum by truck in the early 80's.
	53-1304 served the U.S. Air Force from 1955-1970